PRACTICE TEST 6

I/ LISTENING
Part 1: For questions 1-10, listen to the audio and fill in the gaps with NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS.

Part 2: For questions 6-10, listen to a report on possible signs of life discovered on Venus and
answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each
answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
6. Where were the radio telescopes located?
………………………………………………………………………………
7. How was the reaction of the first woman towards the discovery?
………………………………………………………………………………
8. What have been launched to Venus several times?
………………………………………………………………………………
9. How are the climatic conditions in the area between 50 and 60 km above the Venus’s surface described?
………………………………………………………………………………
10. What is exemplified as a physical characteristic that helps microbes adapt to rigorous conditions?
………………………………………………………………………………

II/ LEXICO & GRAMMAR

1. Although she was fashionably dressed, the girl didn't notice the long thread trailing from the ................... of
her skirt.
A. cuff B. lapel C. hem D. border
2. I know he's not a pleasant man, but in his ................... I have to say he has a very difficult job.
D.
A. place B. position C. defence
advocate
3. When the storm prevented the climbers from reaching the top of the mountain, they were ...................
disappointed.
A. bitterly B. savagely C. stormily D. angrily
4. When will it ................... on you that I am right and you're wrong?
A.descend B. come C. dawn D. arise
5. The footballer never really recovered from the injury he ................... at the beginning of the season.
A. got B. struck C. endured D.sustained
6. The jury were ................... that the criminal was guilty.
A.unanimous B.agreeable C.unified D. harmonious
7. I suppose I have to ................... the fact that I am not as young as I used to be.
A. own up B. face C. agree D. observe
8. He was absolutely ................... with anger when he found that I had scratched his car.
A. burned B. carmine C. fickle D. livid
9. The senate set ................... motion the process of impeaching the president.
A. at B. on C. in D. by
10. Nobody would call me an alcoholic, but I like to have a drink of beer ................... and then.
A. when B. now C. often D. there
11. I really don't like the shoes, and ................... they aren't my size, so I don't want to buy them.
A. further B. anyway C. however D. even if
12. Fred has a ................... of staying out of trouble at the office - he never gets involved.
A. trait B. ability C. skill D. knack
13. I was absolutely ................... when they told me I had won the lottery.
A. struck B. wondered C. shocked D. stunned
14. He ................... great pleasure in books, theatre, and music.
A. takes B. gets C. puts D. has
15. He had never been to New York, for one day he went there on a ................... .
A. desire B. wish C. whim D. impel
16. Suddenly, he saw the ................... figure of his dead father standing before him.
A. ghost B. spectral C. invisible D. haunted
17. He couldn't believe his eyes; in fact he had to ................... himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
A. snip B. pinch C. prod D. nip
18. He was ................... by the rude behaviour of the waiter, and demanded to see the manager.
A.irascible B. demeaned C. nervous D. affronted
19. There was such a noisy party next door, that I didn't get a ................... of sleep all night.
A. wink B. smell C. part D. snore
20 He rather ................... admitted that he still shared his bed with his Teddy bear.
B.
A.embarrassed C. asinine D. sheepishly
guiltily
21. He had an honest and ................... expression, which hid the fact he had a very devious mind.
A.competent B.trusting C.integrated D. integrity
22. In Africa, vultures and other ................... do a valuable job in removing the bodies of dead animals.
A.predators B.carnivores C.malingerers D.scavengers
23. I must admit, Fred is the ................... person I would have thought of to marry Jane.
A. last B. ultimate C. final D. end
24. The thieves struck in the ................... of night when everybody was asleep.
A. dark B. middle C. quiet D. dead
25. The praise of his boss and his colleagues was ................... to his ears.
A. song B. music C. harmony D. melody

IDIOMS: Choose the suitable phrases to fill in the gaps.

III/ READING
Part 1: You are going to read an extract from an article. Seven paragraphs have been removed from
the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (37-43). There is one extra
paragraph which you do not need to use.
Part 2: You will read an article about money and its relations to happiness. Choose the item (A, B,
C or D) that best answers the question about the passage.
 The last word: Money can buy happiness
Money can’t buy happiness, right? Wrong. John Silveira argues that happiness is up for grabs – if you can afford it.
Part 3: Read the passage and choose the best answers.
IV/ GAP FILLING
Passage A:
Sad as it is, a social misperception of the disabled is still 1)___________ in many communities. It is only
in a few highly-civilised states where the problems and needs of people with physical or mental incapacities are
given the proper 2)___________.
In the remaining countries, the discrimination against the disabled is still practised in many areas of social
life. As in the past, they are ignored, denounced and forced to stay away from the normal community which,
unfortunately, isn’t capable of making any 3)___________ for its less fit members.
For decades, the hale and hearty 4)___________ of every society has stripped the disabled of their
fundamental rights as their job applications have been turned down, their active participation in business life has
on most 5)___________ been disallowed and there has been little concern for their convenience in access to
public transport. Equally little effort has been made to help the disabled fully 6)___________ with the able-bodied
thus laying foundations for greater community awareness of the drawbacks that the handicapped have to wrestle
7)___________ daily.
There’s an urgent need to offer the disabled more adequate assistance and support in their struggle for
putting their basic rights into 8)___________. The key principle is that the stereotyped approach towards the
impaired individuals ought to be 9)___________ for a more considerate one. Another pressing matter is that the
disabled shouldn’t be appraised on the basis of their handicap, but society should rather focus on providing them
with complete acceptance 10)___________ of any imperfections thus treating them as fully-fledged citizens.

Passage B:
Peoples’ personalities 1)___________ considerably from one another as there are no two alike. Our
ingrained characteristics which 2)___________ the patterns of our behaviour, our reactions and temperaments
are unparalleled on 3)___________ of the diversified processes that mould our personality in the earliest stages
of human development.
Some traits of character may to some extent be 4)___________ simulating the attributes that identify our
parents. Others may stem from the conditions 5)___________ during pregnancy and infancy in this way reflecting
the parents’ approach towards rearing their offspring. Consequently, the environmental 6)___________ plays a
crucial role in strengthening or eliminating certain behavioural systems making an individual more 7)___________
to comfort to the patterns that deserve a prize.
Undoubtedly, human personality 8)___________ the most profound and irreversible formation during the
first period of its development, 9)___________, certain characteristics may still be 10)___________ to
considerable changes conditioned by different circumstances and situations.

V/ ERROR CORRECTION: FIND 10 mistakes in the passage and CORRECT them.

Back in the spring of 2019, Naomi Osaka was coming on consecutive grand slam titles and digesting her
newfound presence as a leading name in world sport when the subject shifted to the seeming imminent 2020
Olympics. In order to represent Japan there, the then-21-year-old Osaka would have to attempt to gain complete
Japanese citizenship after her 22nd birthday.
The decision, which received prominent attention, was widely framed as a difficult choice between
American or Japanese, speculation that soon reached at her in a press conference at the Miami Open.
Her frustration was more than understandable. Considering the way Osaka speaks about her heritage,
there has been no choice to for a long time. She was born in Japan. She is Japanese as well as Haitian. She chose
to represent Japan when she was 14 and she has never wavered. But throughout her time in the spotlight,
whether explicitly or suggestively, her heritage has been routinely questioned.
There was a little surprise when Osaka was revealed as the face of an early Tokyo 2020 commercial last
February and it is obviously significant. The most prominent Japanese athlete in the world is mixed race and
offered significant representation for a growing population of multicultural Japanese people who have been
marginalised for a long time. And now she has returned home.
All that alone is a heavy weight for any athlete to bear before their home Olympic Games, but recently
events have only accentuated it. Osaka has not competed since the first round of the French Open after her
surprising announcement not to conduct press conferences there exploded into the new story of the tournament,
leading Osaka to withdraw from the event for mental health reasons.
VI/ WORD FORM
1. After her (speak) ___________ support for Black Lives Matter, Osaka received more than a few racist (pile)
_________ on Twitter from some Japanese users who would pointedly refer to her as African American, which
she is not.
2. While Novak Djokovic continues his chase for the golden slam and Ashleigh Barty is keen for her (supreme)
____________ to endure in Olympic competition, the withdrawals have piled up.
3. As La looked wide-eyed into Tarzan's face, there to read her fate for happiness or (heart) __________, she
saw an expression of concern shadow his features.
4. Health officials (play) _______________ the risk of catching TB on a crowded flight.
5. Coates is a major (power) ___________ in the world of international sport, with the New York Times recently
describing him as the second most powerful figure in the Olympic movement
6. Joe Biden has expressed optimism that young children would soon become eligible for Covid-19 inoculations,
while urging (vaccine) ____________ Americans to take the “gigantically important” step of getting their shots
as the virus surges across the US.
7. The hearing was conducted by Judge Masood Arshad and the CCTV (foot) ___________ of Rana Sanaullah's
car entering motorway was presented before the court.
8. While uttering these words he showed such weakness that the (stand)__________ expected each return of
faintness would take his life with it.
9. The company's engineers created a special mold to allow the cores of the (weigh) __________- to move
inward.
10. The pain of having (radical) ___________ sons and daughters is mostly borne by mothers who are blamed
for failed parenting.
VII/LEXICAL TEXTS

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